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Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are enormous streams of water vapor typically found in the midlatitude regions of both hemispheres of Earth; extending for several thousand kilometers in length and several hundred kilometers in ...

Frost formation on heat transfer equipment such as air-source heat pump evaporators can result in drastic efficiency penalties. The reduced performance arises due to the insulating nature of ice and the increase in fan ...

Dysphonia is a communication disorder secondary to a problem with voice production. Speakers with dysphonia often report decreased intelligibility, particularly in a noisy communication environment. Intelligibility is the ...

Dysphonia is a communication disorder secondary to a problem with voice production. Speakers with dysphonia often report decreased intelligibility, particularly in a noisy communication environment. Intelligibility is the ...

Objectives:
The research aims to determine the association between suspected food allergy (FA) in 12-month-old infants enrolled in the STRONG kids 2 cohort and the composition of their fecal microbiome at five points in ...

The main objective of my research project is to characterize vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA) from Helicobacter pylori binding to an important host cell membrane lipid, sphingomyelin (SM). Previously, our laboratory showed ...

Viruses are important drivers of evolution for organisms across the three domains of life. We study how microbes co-evolve with their viruses using the model thermoacidophilic archaea Sulfolobus islandicus, which is found ...

Sexual assault is an unparalleled trauma intensified by age. Children who are victims of this attack are often shook by the memories of the event(s). However, children’s testimonies are critical to building cases against ...

The purpose of this study is to explore a possible correlation between the consumption of coffee and an individual’s risk with cardiovascular disease. Coffee is an easily accessible stimulant that not many people think of ...

Membrane fusion is a necessary process that allows eukaryotic cells to carry and deliver cargo between organelles. The mechanisms and machinery involved in membrane fusion are conserved throughout eukaryotes, so the yeast ...

Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT) are the most common type of cancer in young men. Patients are successfully treated with a combination of cisplatin, bleomycin, and etoposide. However, 15-20% of patients are refractory ...

Introduction:
Obesity has become an issue that is getting increasingly common. As of 2015, more than one-third (36.5%) of U.S. adults have obesity. It is also challenging to lose weight without the knowledge of nutritional ...

The use of swine as a preclinical model is becoming standard practice because of the similarity to humans in size, anatomy, physiology, and genetics. Anesthesia is frequently required for swine in research due to the nature ...

Background: Current dietary recommendations from organizations such as the American Heart Association focus on limiting intake of saturated (SFA) and trans fatty acids, and concurrently increasing intake of monounsaturated ...

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a condition that affects 20-25% of adults worldwide. MetS is highly related to central obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. A Western diet high in fat and added sugar may ...

The ability to properly delineate fungal species is crucial in understanding species level ecological roles and understanding species level community diversity.This study evaluates the effectiveness of sequence similarity ...

Natural products have been playing an indispensable role in pharmaceuticals and human therapeutics for decades. However, because of the continuous development of drug resistance, high throughput discovery of natural products ...

Economic and environmental effectiveness of solar power is particularly dependent on local weather conditions and energy infrastructure. Study of past performance is vital to planning arrays which maximize their potential. ...